In the top heritage promotion events in the world, Chartres en lumière is back on April 10

By Laurent REBOURS
Published on 3 Apr 21 at 21:16

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The demonstration played extra time at Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) until January 2021, to the delight of amateurs and offering a welcome cheerfulness in the greyness of this period of coronavirus pandemic.

Chartres in Lights is back on 10 avril 2021 to celebrate in passing its eighteen years of existence and it will be until the end of year celebrations!

The biggest illumination operation in the world

Completely free event, it represents a unique opportunity to discover or rediscover the exceptional heritage of the Eurelian city.

Obviously with the restrictions related to the curfew, only the local residents of Chartrains will benefit from it initially but, with the future lifting of sanitary measures, here is an idea of ​​exit to be programmed.

By its scale, the quality of its scenographies, Chartres en lumière ranks at the top of the world heritage enhancement operations through light.

Novelties

For this year 2021, novelties are there.

The Saint-André collegiate church and the bridges and washhouses on the banks of the Eure welcome in 2021 an exuberant flora and fauna to make you travel through our world, and often beyond.

The Chartres gallery (formerly Sainte-Foy chapel) is inspired by the decorations of the 14th century stained glass windows of Notre-Dame cathedral to pay homage, once again, to the floral theme.

As evoked Laurent Lhuillery, city councilor delegated to the animation of the city and to the events policy, on the City website, the general idea remains to surprise the spectators.

The idea was, while continuing to work on the architecture, to surprise the spectators by taking them for a walk around the world, with the river as a common thread.

Thanks to last year’s scenography, walkers no longer hesitated to descend further into the lower town.

The idea is continued for this year with more mappings on the bridges and washhouses and the collegiate church in particular.

On the technical side, the use of lasers makes it possible to offer finer representations.

And, for end of the year festivities, surprises are also waiting for you with specific scenographies, enough to make spectators want to come back!

► The 23 illuminations projected every evening in a loop

• April 10 to 18: 9:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
• April 19 to 29: 9:45 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
• From April 30 to May 09: from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
• May 10 to 21: 10:15 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
• May 22 to June 5: 10:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
• June 6 to July 14: 10:45 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
• July 15 to 28: 10:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
• July 29 to August 7: 10:15 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
• August 8 to 16: 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
• August 17 to 24: 9:45 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
• From August 25 to September 1: 9:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
• September 2 to 8: 9:15 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
• September 9 to October 30: 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
• October 31 to November 12: 6.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
• From November 13 to November 30: 6.15 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
• From December 1: 6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
  (+ or – 10 minutes)